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Charging Bull
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3-ton bronze sculpture of a bull located near Wall Street symbolizing New York's financial industry.
The bull is located at the financial district and it is an icon for the financial world. It is a forceful allegory of market optimism, don't forget to grab that bull by the..... (u will see....)
Artist Arturo Di Modica created the Wall Street Bull sculpture following the 1987 stock market crash as a symbol of the “strength and power of the American people.” On December 15, 1989, Di Modica secretly transported the bull to Lower Manhattan and installed it beneath a 60-foot Christmas tree in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street as a Christmas gift to the people of New York. People flocked to see the bull, but the police ended up seizing the sculpture and placed it into an impound lot. A public outcry and pressure from New Yorkers, led the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to officially install it two blocks south of the Exchange in the plaza at Bowling Green.
Artist Arturo Di Modica created the Wall Street Bull sculpture following the 1987 stock market crash as a symbol of the “strength and power of the American people.” On December 15, 1989, Di Modica secretly transported the bull to Lower Manhattan and installed it beneath a 60-foot Christmas tree in f…
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Bowling Green
New York, NY